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seenin fig. 1, so that they edn be readily taken hold of. If desirable,the free endsioi" these cords c c' maybe `attached together,or theseends may -hang independently of' each other.l By drawing down both ofthe cords c c, the inner edges of the slats may be raised, so as toexpose more or less light through the blind'. lBy drawing upon thecord'c',- the slats composing the upper half of tle blindmay be openedniore or less, 'as shown in iig. 3, and by drawing upon the crd c', theslats composingthe lower half or sectionicf the blind muy be opened moreor less, as shown in fig. 4. i

It' desirable the blind may beidivided-into'morc than two independentlymovable shit-sections,y by attaching the slats together by means ofchxiins, and using separate pull-cordsfor ea-ch section so connected:

For -the purpose of raising the slats t; bodily, cord g is used, whichis attached to'jthe lowermost slut of the blind, in-the middle ofthelength'thereof, and carried'upward on both sides of the blind; andpassed over.

pnlleyset'on hendepieee-A; its ends are thence carried down and tiedtogether beneath the blind.V By drawing down upon :this cord, theblind-slats may all be raised bodily, as shown in iig. 7, or, ifdesiredtlie louerhnlf'of the blind may be raised, ns showny in figs. 4and 5. .A 'l We do not. conne ourselves to the nsejof chainsifcrlsuspending the blind-slats, and con'ix'e c't i`ngI their-int edges ofthese sluts together, as any othermecns may be employed which maybcfound to nn'swer'vns go I Having described our invention, (that we claimas ncnynd desire to Vsecure by Letters Patent,isi l '1. AH ingingtheslats@ by their edges' to the suspension-chains C Q, in combination withahliftingfch'nin or chains and pull-cords, arranged substantially asdescribed.

2. In combinationwith slats which axe'hinged and hung, substantiallyasldescribech'we claim nttnch'i'ngthe" free edges of' thesla.ts-togetherby means of separate lifting-chains D D', substnntinlly as andffor'tliepurposes described. i I 3. A Venetian blind, which is constructed andoperates substantially asjdescrihed.

' HANS HEINRIcn ANDRESEN.

HANS 'ASBAHIL

